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Vernon P. Ziolkowski

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'''Vernon P. Ziolkowski''' (1933-1991) was an American Latin scholar and teacher.

Born in 1933 in [[Neenah, Wisconsin]], he was the son of Frank and Louise Ziolkowski. <ref>See https://ift.tt/330Y8N1> After graduating from St. Mary’s High School in [[Neenah, Wisconsin]],<ref>See ''The News-Record'' (May 13, 1952), p. 5; obituary in the ''Appleton Post-Crescent'' (Jan. 1, 1992), p. C6.</ref> he enlisted in the [[United States Marine Corps]] and served during the [[Korean War]]<ref>See ''The News-Record'' (Aug. 1, 1953), p. 3, which describes him finishing boot camp at the Marine Recruit Depot, San Diego, CA, and advanced combat training at Camp Pendleton.</ref> After his active duty ended, he majored in [[Classics]] at [[Marquette University]] in [[Milwaukee, Wisconsin]], where he was elected to membership in the Beta Sigma chapter of [[Eta Sigma Phi]] (the national honorary society in Classics) in 1957.<ref>See ''The Nuntius'' Vol. 32, no. 1 (Nov. 15, 1957, p. 4 at: https://ift.tt/2Kb4EZ1>

After graduating from [[Marquette University]] with a B.A., Ziolkowski was hired as a [[Latin]] teacher in the [[Santa Barbara Unified School District]] in 1960.<ref> See Santa Barbara School Board minutes from June 2, 1960, at: https://ift.tt/330Y9R5 </ref> While teaching [[Latin]] and Classical Mythology at the secondary level, Ziolkowski earned first the degree of M.A. at [[Marquette University]] and then worked on his [[Ph.D.]] at [[St. Louis University]] over the course of many years, culminating in 1982 with the successful defense of his Ph.D. dissertation which was a Latin text of the ''De fide catholica'' of [[Isidore of Seville]].<ref>Vernon Ziolkowski, “The ''De fide catholica'' of Saint Isidorus, Bishop, Book I” Ph.D. diss. (St. Louis University, 1982) (Proquest #8325448. </ref> His dissertation has had a substantial impact and continues to influence subsequent scholars as a standard work of the late antique [[Isidore of Seville]].<ref>See, for example, Jeremy Cohen, ''Living Letters of the Law: Ideas of the Jew in Medieval Christianity'' (Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press, 1999), p. 95, n. 2; Wolfram Drews, “Jews as Pagans? Polemical Definitions of Identity in Visigothic Spain,” ''Early Medieval Europe'' 11 (2002), pp. 189-207 at p. 201, n. 45; Wolfram Drews, The Unknown Neighbor: The Jew in the Thought of Isidore of Seville (Leiden: E.J. Brill, 2002), pp. 39, 47, 262; María Adelaida Andrés Sanz, Carmen Codoñer, et al., ''La Hispania visigótica y mozárabe: dos épocas en su literatura'' (Salamanca: Ediciones Universidad de Salamanca, 2010), p. 151; and Rodrigo Laham Cohen, “El De fide catholica de Isidoro de Sevilla en el marco de la disputa adversus Iudaeos” in A. V. Neyra and G. F. Rodriguez, eds., ''¿Qué implica ser medievalista? Prácticas y reflexiones en torno al oficio del historiador, v. II: el medioevo Hispanico'' (Buenos Aires, 2012), pp. 5-21.</ref> Ziokowski also kindly responded to requests for comments by younger scholars on their work.<ref>See R. M. Frakes, “Florentius' Letter to Lucifer of Cagliari,” ''Studia Patristica'' 24 (19-93), p. 91.</ref>

Vernon Ziolkowski died on December 28, 1991, in [[Santa Barbara, CA]], having taught [[Latin]] and Classical Mythology for over 30 years.<ref>https://ift.tt/2K5EoPG>

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